Friday, December 9, 2011

Preparing the Way

I've been reading the book of Luke lately. I can't remember why I started but it's been really neat reading about the birth of Jesus during the Christmas season. Today I read about John the Baptist. I've read the story about him at least 100 times. Sometimes it can be so hard to find something new to apply to your life. I read it and was thinking about what I've learned about John in the past. Then I thought of something my sister said to me and that she believes that every time she opens her bible, God has something to tell her. So, I took a moment, just to sit and reflect about what I just read and this verse jumped out at me:


(Lk 3:4) The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the LORD;
Make His paths straight.

In reading commentary I found that this refers to when a king would travel in the desert, his servants would go before him and smooth out the terrain, making his path as straight and easy to travel as possible. Think about that, they make his path as straight and easy as possible. That's what we're supposed to be doing! We're supposed to be preparing people to see to Jesus. Everything we do in life should be making it easy for people to see Jesus. Whenever we witness to someone, we're preparing the way for Jesus. A lot of people you interact with, witness to, may not accept Christ right at that moment. But, you've just made the path a little smoother for the next person. Until, at some point in their lives, they're ready for Jesus to walk right up to them. Jesus has this smooth, easy path because of all His faithful servants that have been preparing the way for Him.

That's what we're doing in Fishers. It's funny, but there probably has been people and things going on to make the path smoother for us. Some we may know about, some we may never know. But our job as a church is to point people to Jesus. To make it easy for them to see Him. To make His path smooth to be able to shower these people with His love. To be a John in this desert of a world. To make it easier for even one person to see and know Jesus. What a privilege!


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